Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Panhandle developed its strategy around dealing with this uncertainty. Another theme for small business was how to think about strategy when competing against larger companies -- we called it "Battling the Big Boys." These agencies typically worked on big, multi-year retainers and weren''t flexible enough to do smaller jobs.

Travel 69

Travel PR Learning-by-Doing Open-book 69

Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Panhandle developed its strategy around dealing with this uncertainty. Another theme for small business was how to think about strategy when competing against larger companies -- we called it "Battling the Big Boys." These agencies typically worked on big, multi-year retainers and weren''t flexible enough to do smaller jobs.

Travel 74

Travel Learning-by-Doing PR Open-book 74

Eric Jacobson

JULY 2, 2014

Panhandle developed its strategy around dealing with this uncertainty. Another theme for small business was how to think about strategy when competing against larger companies -- we called it "Battling the Big Boys." These agencies typically worked on big, multi-year retainers and weren''t flexible enough to do smaller jobs.

Succession 78

Succession Travel Learning-by-Doing PR 78

Change Starts Here

APRIL 24, 2012

Since then, I have worked with clients in many different roles, projects and organizations. The methods in this change guide have been used successfully by people in roles as diverse as human resources, organization development, project management, process improvement, IT, strategy management, sustainability and operations.

Webinar 78

Webinar Price Resistance Workshop 78

Tim Milburn

AUGUST 14, 2012

The first step toward rapid realignment is to get leadership team members aligned with The Main Thing of the enterprise and its strategy. Management should appoint an operations person with good written communication skills and feet in the trenches to write a weekly blog about the progress of the alignment project. An alignment blog.

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System Critical Success Factor Metrics Consultative 115

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2011

These executives played mission-critical roles in driving multi-million dollar projects that delivered massive change. As overall business strategy planning ties closer to IT strategy, four personas of the next-generation CIO will emerge: 1. Projects touch external systems and often address post-merger integration environments.

CIO 15

CIO Chief Information Officer Budgeting Technology 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2011

They may have done a swell $2 million strategy study for a client, but then have to watch from the sidelines as a more broadly based firm swoops in to do the $15 million project — a total systems redesign, say, or a corporate reorganization — entailed in implementing the strategy. Monitor & Co.,

Consultative 15

Consultative Strategy McKinsey Porter 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

We set people up to use their area of expertise, be it strategy, accounting, operations, technology, finance, or human resources. In fact, 76% of staff on pro bono projects stated that they gained significant, job-relevant skills. At Deloitte, we treat these projects exactly the same as a paid client engagement.

Skills 9

Skills Real Estate Human Capital Project 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2011

Overall, we found that more than half of our survey respondents have adopted OSS solutions as part of their IT strategy. As shown in the accompanying chart, the greatest number of respondents (46 percent) use OSS in specific departments and projects. To find out, we surveyed 547 IT leaders in 11 countries. percent of porfolios).

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Software Tips Survey Licensing 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Behind that problem was a deeper one: We had more than 100 large projects (each worth over 500,000 euros) under way. The bank was using a project management tool, but the lack of discipline in keeping it up to date made it largely fruitless. Capacity, not strategy, was determining which projects launched and when.

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Project How To Objective Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2016

As a result, big box retail must shift its strategy — from competing on access and selection to staging big experiences and providing big discounts. Mintel’s 2015 American Lifestyles report projects that vacations, dining out, and other experiential categories will drive the growth in total consumer spending.

Retail 9

Retail Discount Reis Supply Chain 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Seeking to extend its technological edge (particularly in miniaturization), it acquired more than 100 startup companies while pursuing a vast portfolio of research and product development projects. Nokia was so immersed in executing its strategy that it lost sight of its purpose. In retrospect, it seems inevitable.

Strategy 14

Strategy Company How To Supply Chain 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2013

High-performing IT organizations appoint executives to sit at the intersection of business areas and the IT function, helping business leaders to shape their IT strategies and marshaling a technology team to deliver against that demand. These disciplines are critical to every other department in the company.

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CIO Technology Storytelling Strategic Planning 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2015

This means identifying risks and opportunities early enough to allow the company to adapt its strategy or in extreme cases, change it. This is just one example of how Mars is trying to create and sustaining agility through competitive intelligence (CI). Simply and clearly put, CI is a perspective on changing market conditions.

Competitive Intelligence 8

Competitive Intelligence Agility Workshop Definition 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

The continent’s long-term potential remains attractive, but a company’s success in the current environment will depend on its strategy. And despite government revenues having been hit hard in Angola, medical device companies are still selling expensive equipment to the ministry of health.

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GDP Politics Marketing Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2014

Should Google revise its strategy to pursue that opportunity? Others suggest that a subset of innovation projects be aimed at entirely new markets , regardless of adjacency. What if the opportunity in smart glasses really is in enterprises, or at the very least starts there? Numerous frameworks exist for answering this question.

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Strategy Early Adopters Innovation Proposal 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Tactical performance is how effectively your organization sticks to its strategy. The second type, known as adaptive performance , is how effectively your organization diverges from its strategy. military says, volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity , where technology and strategy changes rapidly.

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Organization Tactics Call Center Metrics 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

For finishers, he will have to change its treads—redirect its strategy—while barreling down a highway with no map for what lies ahead. During the final year, they added three paths to gather a last round of data: 1) The CEO and directors assigned a year-long CEO-level project to each of the three finalists.

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CEO Bottom-up Strategic Fit Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2014

Or does it focus on customer service and helping the business achieve its strategy? The answers lie in four fundamental areas that need to be addressed and resolved by C-level leaders: First, leaders should reassess and clearly define the role of procurement in the company philosophy. Is it a process-oriented, savings-obsessed function?

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Budgeting Objective Cost Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2016

It used to be “What’s your IT strategy?” ” Then it was “What’s your internet strategy?” ” Now it’s “What’s your digital strategy?” Could digital technology change your target customer?

Strategy 8

Strategy Technology Strategic Planning Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Caught up in administrative activities such as managing employee records and planning company picnics, human resources departments can too easily lose sight of their primary function: Making sure the organization has the needed human capital to implement its strategy.

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Company Human Resources Human Capital Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

Only the largest of enterprises could afford the best technologies, and even for those with the largest bank accounts, IT strategies were limited to basics like CRM , ERP , or email. And given the complexities involved in building up competitive IT weaponry, businesses won by out-spending and out-resourcing their opponents.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Competitive Advantage Information Technology How To 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

They are designers, ethnographers, anthropologists, and other creative types who get immersed in a project or a team, contribute their unique points of view, and then move on to the next change-the-game assignment.

Banking 18

Banking Retail Open-book Creativity 18

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

The type of capital required and its source depends on the type of business, its stage of life, and its strategy for the future. A start-up might need an angel investor who believes in the project to provide initial equity. A Main Street small business might require a term loan from a bank to buy a piece of equipment.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Policies Banking Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

But because midsize companies lack the resources of big companies, which can experiment with multiple new strategies and launch pilot projects, midsize firms are at risk when they divert scarce resources from their core business.

Strategy 8

Strategy Wireless Company Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2014

Unfortunately, in the cases of Mannesmann and The Prudential, neither condition appeared to exist: both new investment projects would have failed the test of the second logic.

Licensing 8

Licensing Competitive Advantage Proposal Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

At that point, Alphatech’s management reassessed its strategy and sales approach. As a result, false positives and negative-value prospects littered the sales funnel, and about 75% of margins came from just 25% of the deals—almost all of which were managed-services contracts versus one-off “project” installations.

Strategy 8

Strategy Team Discount ROIC 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2015

By reducing the number of as-needed injections by hanging nature images in the lounge, the hospital projected a potential cost savings of over $30,000. Before the hospital brought in their architect, the care team devised its strategy and process for providing a new care model to mothers and their premature infants.

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Ulrich Hotels Health Care Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2017

” Describe your last job as a project. You could also use the short-term nature of your prior position to your advantage by designating it “as a project” instead of a job. “When I was hired, the company said it had a desire to shift its strategy toward mobile and digital.

How To 8

How To Letter Learning-by-Doing PR 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2014

Faced with rapid evolution in their industry, the executive team of a large energy company had decided to transform their solid but complacent organization into a high-tech, sustainability-oriented firm, a key element of which was the completion of a multibillion dollar offshore energy project. Open, constructive communication was missing.

360-Degree Feedback 10

360-Degree Feedback Offshoring Construction Execution 10

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

And Its Execution Gap Closer Round-Up Execution Gap Closer #1: Netflix Netflix received considerable media attention this year as it demonstrated its ability to successfully execute its strategy to provide video over the Internet.

Execution 67

Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 67

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2017

We’ve all been through it — the looming cost project. This entails viewing costs not merely as an in-year expense but also as a multiyear investment in differentiating capabilities designed to help your company execute its strategy. And for many of us, it’s not a fond memory. ” Call it cost management fatigue.

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Cost How To Budgeting Strategic Planning 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

It also has partnered with nationally recognized organizations such as the Reach Out and Read program to improve childhood language and literacy, and Health Leads (formerly Project HEALTH), for assessing families’ additional needs and connecting them to community resources. Continuous and coordinated. pediatric primary care remain.

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Health Care Metrics Efficiency Absenteeism 11